Olympus E-300 Advanced Manual

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6 Exposure, image and color Exposure compensation—Varying the image brightness In some situations, you may get better results if you manually compensate (adjust) the exposure value set automatically by the camera. In many cases, bright subjects (such as snow) will turn out darker than their natural colors. Adjusting toward + makes these subjects closer to their real shades. For the same reason, adjust toward – when shooting dark subjects. The exposure can be adjusted in range of ±5.0 EV. Center weighted averaging metering ( ) or spot metering ( ) is recommended for exposure compensation. The EV step interval can be selected from 1/3EV, 1/2EV or 1EV. ~ “EV STEP” (P. 124) Available modes 1 88 –2.0 EV �0 +2.0 EV P A S Press the (exposure compensation) button. ● The exposure compensation indicator appears on the monitor. 2 Rotate the control dial to make adjustment. ● Adjust toward +: up to +5.0 EV Adjust toward –: up to –5.0 EV +1.5 When the control panel screen is off Adjust toward – Adjust toward + MENU button Control dial
Example: When adjusting the exposure in –1/3 step Exposure compensation—Varying the image brightness Press the button. Rotate the control dial to set the desired exposure compensation value. Control panel screen P 1/320 F5.6 –0.7 ESP AUTO ISO FP FOCUS S-AF AF ILLUMINATOR WB DRIVE HQ 2448 3264 AUTO AUTO sRGB Exposure compensation indicator Adjust toward – Viewfinder Exposure compensation value The exposure compensation indicator disappears if the exposure is compensated by 0. TIPS To change the EV step interval: T In the menu, set the EV step interval to 1/3EV, 1/2EV or 1EV. ~ “EV STEP” (P. 124) Exposure compensation indicator with “1/3EV” selected Exposure compensation indicator with “1/2EV” or “1EV” selected 1EV 1/3EV 1EV 1/2EV ● If the exposure compensation value exceeds the scale of the exposure compensation indicator, – or + turns red. Note Pressing the button has no effect in the M or SCENE mode. 89 6 Exposure, image and color
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DIGITAL CAMERA ADVANCED MANUAL Basi
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How to read the instruction pages C
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Contents Selecting the right mode f
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Contents Date/time setting . . . .
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For customers in North and South Am
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For your safety Lightning — If a
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For your safety � Be careful with
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WARNING FCC Notice For your safety
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1 Basic operations The advanced sho
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How to use the buttons and control
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1 2 How to use the buttons and cont
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6 How to use the buttons and contro
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How to use the menus The camera’s
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3 Press to move to the functions of
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2 Things to know before shooting Th
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2 Press the shutter button halfway
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Selecting the record mode You can s
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Record mode Record mode RAW TIFF SH
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Page 63 and 64: 5 Select the desired flash control
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Page 67 and 68: 2 Start shooting. ● Press the shu
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Page 71 and 72: WB bracketing Drive mode Three imag
Page 73 and 74: Using the self-timer 1 Press the sh
Page 75 and 76: Drive mode TIPS The remote control
Page 77 and 78: 5 Focusing functions When you turn
Page 79 and 80: Focus mode Three focus modes are av
Page 81 and 82: Simultaneous use of S-AF mode and M
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Page 87: Metering mode—Changing the meteri
Page 91 and 92: ISO sensitivity—Setting the desir
Page 93 and 94: White balance—Adjusting the color
Page 95 and 96: Setting the white balance You can a
Page 97 and 98: Setting the one-touch white balance
Page 99 and 100: 4 The color becomes bluer each time
Page 101 and 102: SHARPNESS This function adjusts the
Page 103 and 104: SATURATION This function sets the c
Page 105 and 106: NOISE REDUCTION This function reduc
Page 107 and 108: 7 Playback One of the big advantage
Page 109 and 110: Close-up playback This function let
Page 111 and 112: Index display Viewing still images
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Page 115 and 116: Rotating images This function lets
Page 117 and 118: Editing still images Recorded image
Page 119 and 120: Protecting images—Preventing acci
Page 121 and 122: All-frame erase 1 Menu T T CARD SET
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Page 129 and 130: FILE NAME When you take a picture,
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Page 133 and 134: Available modes 1 P A S M SCENE Men
Page 135 and 136: CARD SETUP — Formatting the card
Page 137 and 138: 9 Printing Turning the images you s
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Picture size and printing Print res
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Set the printing data. NO DATE TIME
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Setting printing data Print reserva
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Connecting the camera to a printer
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Select frames you want to print. SE
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Setting the print paper items This
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If an error code is displayed Direc
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10 Transferring images to a compute
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Viewing or processing images downlo
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Installing OLYMPUS Master Using the
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Connecting the camera to a computer
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Starting OLYMPUS Master Windows 1 D
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Disconnecting the camera from your
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Printing images The print menus inc
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11 Appendix The appendix will assis
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Lens basics Select the lens that yo
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Viewfinder indications No indicatio
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If you encounter problems Possible
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If you encounter problems Possible
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Camera maintenance Cleaning and sto
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Camera maintenance PIXEL MAPPING
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Safety precautions ● Before going
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Glossary Compression rate Compressi
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Pixels A pixel is the smallest unit
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12 Information This chapter covers
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Menu directory Menu Function Settin
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�Setup Menu Menu directory Menu F
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Function HQ SQ Mode P A S M � �
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Monitor ~ P. 19, 25, 108, 131 Viewf
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4 5 6 Monitor indications (only for
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Memory gauge Battery check P 1/250
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Specifications � Exposure control
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Index (Custom) menu ...............
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MEMO 209 12 Information
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